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CHARLES ELLIOT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COIN-CONTROLLED STAMP-VENDING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2, 1914 Application filed May 1, 1909. Serial No. 493,358.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that 1, CHARLES ELLIOT a citizen of Great Britain, residin atpan Francisco, in the county of San *rancisco and State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin-ControlledStamp-Vending Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to-coin-controlled vending apparatus, theobject of the invention bein to 'rovide mechanism of this character forsel ing articles, as, for instance, two-cent postage stamps, at a pricerequiring the deposit of two coins, which will deliver such an articleupon the deposit of two such coins, but not of a single coin, but willreturn the single coin to the depositor.

Further objects of the invention are to provide an apparatus of thischaracter which will be automatically closed against the deposit of acoin when the supply of vendible articles is exhausted, and will beproof against fraudulent manipulation In the aecompan ing drawings,Figure 1 is a rear view of t 10 door or front wall of the box, uponwhich the operating mechanism is supported; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionon the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the mechanism showing the box insection; Fig. 5 is a similar view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is avertical section through a bearing for the delivery shaft Fig. '7 is anenlarged detail vertical section through the hood; Fig. 8 is atransverse section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6; Fig. 9 is a side view ofone of the holder arms; Fig. 10 is a plan view of said arms; Fig. 11 isa longitudinal section through the carrier; Fig. 12 is a perspectiveview of the carrier; Fig. 13 is a transverse section thereof; Fig. 1 1is a plan View of the governor; Fig. 15 is a vertical section thereof;Fig. 16 is an enlarged vertical section showing the return controlmechanism;

Fig. 17 is a lan view showing the mechanism oontrollln the chutes; Fig.18 is a broken vertical section showing one of said dogs in its raisedposition; Fig. 19 is a perspective view of the entire apparatus on areduced scale.

For convenience of description it will be assumed that the machine isconstructed for cent coins. It will be understood, however, that theinvention is not limited to this particular use.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a rectangular box or casing inwhich the operating mechanism is contained, and 2 indicates a front dooror wall hinged to said box, as shown at 3, and on which all of saidmechanism is supported. On the rear side of said door are cast lugs orprojections 4, 5, to which is secured a frame (5 for supporting themechanism. In said door, near the top, is an opening or slot 7 justsufticientl wide for the deposit of a one-cent coin, an secured upon therear side of the door, immediately beneath said opening, is a curvedchute 8, for guiding. the coin in its descent after passing through saidslot 7. The lower side of the chute 8 is formed with a slot' rives atthe bottom of the chute it strikes a pin 9 which deflects it either tothe right or to the left, generally the former, since said chute slopesslightly to one side, to the right in Fig. 2. On the frame 6 aresupported two curved bars 10, from the u per ends of which extendhorizontall forward pins 11. The coin on being deflected by the pin 9alights upon the top of the pin 11 on the right in Fig. 2, and remainsthere until themachine is further operated. When a second coin isdeposited in the slot and descends the chute, it strikes the top of thefirst coin, and, on account of the fact that the first coin has beendeflected either to the right or to the left of the chute, the sec ondcoin impinges on the first considerably to one side of the center, andis therefore deflected to the other side of the chute, and is pin 26passing through the chain and into the drum, so that the chain cannotslip upon the drum. lherefore, by the depression of said finger piece,said operating shaft 20 is rotated. To the other end of said chain issecured a counterbalance weight. 2Q,which is guided vertically by uides23. The shaft. 20 is, by the deposition of two coins, in the manner tobe presently described, operatively connected to a delivery shaft 21, inline with the operating shaft, 20, which shaft 21 is here shown as beingused to operate a stamp delivery mechanism such as that shown in myUnited States Patent No. 405,799 dated December 9, 1907, employed forthe purpose of delivering stamps to be affixed to envelops. So far asthe delivery and severing portions of the mechanism are concerned, theconstruction shown herein is similar to that described in said LettersPatent, and reference is made to the same for a detailed descriptionthereof. It is suflicient herein to say that, by means of cams upon saiddelivery shaft, there are operated, in succession, means for advancing aribbon of stamps, for severing the foremost stamp of the ribbon, and forretracting the ribbon to a proper position for a further advance, sothat the severance of the terminal stain is always effectedsubstantially on the line of division between the stamps. By means to bepresently described, when two'coins have been deposited, as the fingerpiece is depressed, the delivery shaft is rotated and the ribbon ofstamps is advanced. The stamp so cut from the ribbon of stamps dropsinto a chute or hopper 24:, which delivers it through a hole in the dooror front Wall 2 of the apparatus and into a cup-shaped receptacle 25formed thereon, accessible to the purchaser.

Upon the shaft 20 is fixedly secured one side member 31 of a carrier 30,the other side member 31 being loosely mounted on the bearing for thedelivery shaft, said carrier being also formed with side members 31, across member 32 joining the outer ends of the side members, and acentral member 33 extending from the cross member toward the shaft 20,but spaced therefrom at its end. The cross member 32 is slotted topermit the coins to pass therethrough, and both the central and sidemen'ibers are grooved on the sides facing each other, to form twoguideways 29, for the coins. In said guideways are secured longitudinalsupports 34 for the coin, which are formed of wlre, and thus, beingnarrow, reduce friction and insure that the coins slide down theguideways and pass from said holder, when inverted, as hereinafterdescribed. The coins are arrested as they descend in said guideways bymeans of bent portions 35 of said wires, forming stops for the coins,one on each side of the guideway therefor, at such a distance from eachother as to arrest a one-cent coin, while permitting any coin slightlynarrower to pass between thcm, then dropping into a receiver 36, thenceinto the hopper 24, and thence into the cup-shaped receptacle 2!), andbeing thus returned to the depositor. In like manner a coin too narrowto pass over the slot 13 in the upper chute will drop into saidreceptacle 25 and so be returned to the depositor.

40 indicates a. hood having side walls 41, loosely mounted on the shafts20 and 21, a front wall 42 and a curved top 43. Said hood is pressedforward by a spring 44, but, in its normal position, is held back,against said spring pressure, by a pin 45 extending upward from thecarrier 30. The upper curved surface of the hood is formed with atransverse slot 46 through which the coins can drop from the lowerenlarged end of the coin chute 8. In the ends of the curved bars 10 arescrewed adjusting screws 47, which abut against the inner surface of thefront wall 42 of the hood, and space the latter from the ends of thebars 10 exactly the proper distance, so that. the slot 46 in the top ofthe hood is properly adjusted beneath the lower end of the coin chute 8,that the coins can freely drop from said chute through said slot 46 onto the arresting pins. Upon the first part of the depression of thefinger piece, and the consequent rotation of the shaft 20 the top ofsaid hood 40 moves forward, the lower edge of the front wall 42 of saidhood being cut away, as shown at 28, to permit the hood to pass over thepins 11, and said hood, engaging the rear sides of the coins, moves themoff from the pins 11, so that they drop through the cross bar 32 intothe grooves 29. Immediately thereafter, in the continued rotation of theoperating shaft 20 due to the depression of the finger piece, said coinsengage two holder arms 49 which are loosely mounted upon the shaft 21.

With this construction, a person may deposit through the slot 7 as manyas six coins, fillin the coin chute 8, before operating the fingerpiece, and Without interfering with the proper operation of the machine,for, upon operating the finger piece, so that the hood advances,carrying wlth it the two lowest coins, said hood holds up the remainingcoins in the chute 8, until the operation of obtaining the first stampis completed, and the hood is returned to its normal position. Whereuponthe next two coins of the series drop through the slot 46 in the hoodinto proper position for the operation of the apparatus by thedepression of the finger iece, and so on for all of the coins in t e cute.

While, in general, a coin smaller than the proper size, when depositedthrough the slot- 7 in the front wall, will, instead of descending thecoin chute 8, fall through the slotted I bottom thereof, it is possibleto project such a coin so rapidly that, by centrifugal force, it willmove against the upper wall of the coin chute, and not fall through itsslotted bottom. If a person were to so discharge two such smaller coins,and they passed into the slot 46 in the hood, and were supported by thearresting pins 11, and a third coin were then discharged through theslot 7, it would rest upon the upper edges of the two former coins, andits lower edge would be at a lower level than would have been thecase ifthe two former coins were of the proper size. In such a case, when thefinger ward, said depressed portion 27 can pass beneath the lower edgeof the third coin, and will not be arrested thereby, the third coinbeing raised by the hood as it advances.

Each holder arm 49, while loose on the shaft 21, is held in any positionto which it has been moved by friction caused by the pressure of theholder, at one side of the carrier against a shoulder 50 on the deliveryshaft 21, and, at the other side of the carrier, against a shoulderformed by a washer 51 secured upon the free end of said shaft. Saidpressure is caused in each case by a coiled spring 52 interposed betweenthe corresponding holder and a collar 53.

fixed upon the delivery shaft. When the operating shaft 20, and thecarrier 30 secured thereto, have rotated through a small angle, the twocoins carried in said carrier impinge against the two holder arms 49.Each holder is formed with a projection or lip 54, which is adapted toengage an equalizer 55 pivoted upon said collar 53. If only one coin hadbeen passed through the slot 7 and thus fallen between the carrier andone of the holders 47, the result would be that the latter holder onlywould rotate. Consequently, its lip 54, on arriving at the equalizer 55,would merely turn said equalizer on its pivot and pass the e ualizerwithout moving the delivery sha t, and would not deliver a stamp. But,when two coins are deposited and, being carried by the carrier, engageboth holders, the lips of the two holders, engaging on opposite sidesthe equalizer 55 on the collar, instead of producing a rotary movementof said equalizer, act

on the same as if it were rigidly secured to the collar and so roduce arotation of the delivery shaft, whlch then rotates in unison with therotation of the operating shaft produced by the continued downwardmovement of the finger piece. The coins thus form an essential part ofthe operative con-- nection between the operating shaft 20 and thedelivery shaft 21.

Each of the holder arms 49 is formed with a terminal lip 56. Were saidlips not provided, it would be possible for a person to render themachine inoperative by, first depositing coins, then depressing thefinger piece until the holders, the carrier, and the coins carriedthereby, are in a vertical and downwardly extending position, and thento give to said parts a shaking movement by shaking the fin er piecewithin the limits permitted by ti scribed. But for the said lips, thisshaking movement would cause the coins to drop from between the holdersand carrier, and then, since the coins form an essential part in thetrain of mechanism for transmitting motion from the operating shaft tothe delivery shaft, upon a further depression of the finger piece, onlythe operating shaft would rotate, and the holders and the delivery shaftwouldiremain stationary, and they would so remain in a position suchthat thereafter the machine would be rendered inoperative. As the fingerpiece 16 descends to the bottom of the slot 14, the carrier is rotatedthrough more than a complete circle. It is desirable to require the oerator to depress the finger piece to its ull extent in order to operatethe machine, so that the action of the parts, on such operation, may beuniform. For this purpose, there are secured upon the slide piece 17pivoted dogs 60, which, by means of springs 61, are caused to engage avertical ratchet bar 62, and prevent return upward movement of thefinger piece. A plurality of 'dogs are here employed, instead ofemploying a single dog, in order to render it unnecessary to use veryfine teeth in the ratchet bar, while at the same time reducing as muchas possible the distance which the finger piece may be returned upwardbefore being arrested by the engagement of the dog with the ratchet bar.By using three dogs instead of one, this distance is reduced toone-third of what it would be if a single dog were used, therebyenabling the ratchet teeth of the bar 62 to be made correspondinglystronger, to sufiiciently restrict said return movement. When the dogsarrive at the bottom of the ratchet bar, the lowermost dog engages thehead of a screw 63, raising the nose of said dog. Each of the upper dogshas a screw 64 which bears down upon the upper face of the nose of thedog below it, so that, when the lowermost dog is raised, the other twodogs are also raised out of engagement with the ratchet bar. The heel ofeach dog and the corresponding spring 61 are so cone devices hereinafterde- Ill formed that said spring can engage the heel either above orbelow, to hold it up and the nose of the dog down, or conversely. Thus,when the noses of all the dogs are raised, by the lowermost dog engagingthe screw 63 in the manner already described, the springs 61 engage theupper sides of the heels of the dogs and hold their noses out' ofengagement with the ratchet bar. They remain in this position while theslide piece is ascending and until the uppermost dog arrives at a stoppiece 65 secured upon the frame of the machine, against which the uppersurface of the uppermost dog impinges, thereby forcing it and the lowerdogs downward into their normal position engaging the teeth of theratchet bar, they being retained in this position by the springs 61 nowengaging the under sides of their heels.

When the operator has depressed the finger piece to its lowest position,whereupon the stamp has been delivered into the delivery cup, he thenreleases the same, the counterbalance weight 22 then rotating theoperating shaft 20, and therefore also the carrier, in the reversedirection. The delivery shaft 21,however, remains stationary. The holderarms 49, therefore, remain in the position to which they have beenbrought by their rotation, which is the same angular position as thatfrom which they originally started. when said carrier returns, the coinsare still held in the grooved guideways 29 by the stops 35 until thecarrier is inverted, whereupon, the coins slide down in said groovesuntil their edges impinge upon the inner edges of the curved bars 10,the lower parts of which bars now support the coins as the carrierfurther descends. At about the point where the carrier assumes avertical position, said coins enga e trip fingers 67 extending over theinner e ges of the supports 10, and formed on rock shafts 68 pivoted insaid supports 10. Said shafts are preferably of wire bent into theproper form and each shaft is formed with a crank arm 89 engaging apivoted dog 70, so that when, by the further movement of either com, thefinger 67 'on thecorresponding roclr shaft is moved forward, its dog 70is raised. Each dog is formed with a hook 71 engaging a stud 72extending laterally from a shutter 73, each shutter normally extendingover an individual chute 74 leading to a coin box 66. When the coinsengage said fingers and raise said do s to release said shutters, saidshutters falliy gravity, thereby openin the entrances to said chutes 74.Then, in t e further movement of the carrier, the coins pass over thelower free ends of the curved bars 10 and drop over said ends into theto s of the chutes, which are now 0 en, and all down said chutes on togates t5 slopin downwardly forward behind a window Z6 in the front wallof the ceases machine, and are thus exposed to view. The means for thusexposing the coins which are deposited serves as a protection againstusing slugs or other fraudulent devices. Said sloping gates 75 areformed with rearwardly extending tongues 77 which are attached by chains7 8 to the counterbalancing weight 22, so that, by the rise of saidweight 22, in the next operation of the machine the shutters are openedand the coins are discharged into the coin box.

It should be observed that each trip finger operates only the dog 70which releases the shutter 73 on the other side, that is, the tripfinger extending over the right hand curved bar 10, and which isoperated by a coin on the right, actuates the dog which releases theshutter on the left, and conversely. The result is that, if a singlecoin only be inserted and descends along the curved bar 10 on the right,while the passage of said coin past the trip finger will open theshutter on the left, the shutter on the right will not be opened.Therefore the coin, instead of falling down its own chute 74: drops onto said shutter, and falls from the same on the outside of the chute 74;and into the receiver 36, and thence to the de livery cup 25 and is thusreturned to the depositor. A vertical wall 79 is provided, between thetwo shutters 73 to prevent the accidental passage of a coin from aboveone of the curved bars 10 into the chute 74 on the other side. Upon thereturn of the hood to its original position, curved levers 80, pivoted,as shown at 81, to the side walls of the hood, and hanging verticallytherefrom, rise with said walls. The front edges of said levers areconvex to the front side of the apparatus, and since, when their pivots81 rise, they approach more and more nearly toward the front wall of theapparatus, they thereby cause the lower ends of the levers to moverearwardly, so that the same lower ends engage the studs 72 on theshutters, and thereby move the shutters to their position of closure, atthe same time shifting the studs until they are again engaged by thehooks 71 of the dogs 70, which drop by gravity into their retainingposition.

In order to render the machine incapable of being operated when thesupply of stamps is exhausted, there is provided a shutter 85, carriedby a pivot arm 86, which is attached to a lever 87 pivoted upon the arm88 which carries the roll 57 of stamps, sald lever being attached by alink 89 to a bell crank lever 90 pivoted upon the frame of the machineand having a curved arm 91, the end of which bears against the ribbon ofstamps. The pressure of said arm 91 against the ribbon of stamps is notsufficient to interfere with the feeding of said ribbon, but, when thestamps are exhausted,

said arm 91, being no longer retained by the ribbon of stamps, swingsforward by gravity, whereby the shutter 85 drops behind the slot 7,preventing any further deposit of coins therethrough.

It'is important to prevent an irregular or very rapid operation of thefinger piece, wluch,'by causing an irregular movement of the parts,might interfere with the proper operation of the machine. As a governorto effect this object, a nut 93 is carried by the slide piece 17, whichnut travels upon a screw 94. extending upwardly from a disk 95 androtating upon ball bearings 96$ Said screw has a. plurality of threads,four being here shown. Upon said disk 95 are pivoted, as shown. at 97,governor arms 98, normally pressed together by a spring 99. Said armsare of considerable mass, so that, when the supporting disk 95is-rapidly rotated, they move outward by centrifugal force against thepressure of said spring 99. In order to avoid undue friction in saidmovement, they travel upon ball bearings 100, the balls running upon theupper'surface of the disk 95. Each arm carries on its outer surfacestuds 101 of leather or other suitable material, which are adapted toengage the inner surface of the circular wall 102 of the container forthe governor. This construction serves two purposes. It not only avoidsany jar due to a sudden drop of the colinterim-lance weight when thefinger piece is released, since it furnishes a maximum limit to thespeed of saidrounterbalance weight, but it also prevents any excessivelyrapid downward movement of the finger piece. Should a depositor exertgreat pressure upon said finger piece, with the intention of moving theparts of the mechanism very rapidly, the effect would betocause thegovernor arms to move outward, so that the friction studs 101 wouldengagethe circular wall 102, and act as a brake to prevent the rapidmovement of the screw necessary for a rapid downward movement of theslide piece and finger piece.

The knife 103, which serves the foremost stamp of the ribbon from theremainder, is arranged to be normally'in front of the path of the ribbonof stamps. The object of this arrangement is to prevent any oneinserting an instrument up through the delivery chute as for the passageway for the stamps, seizing with said instrument the front edge of theribbon of stamps, and drawing said stamps downward and out through thedelivery chute. But this is prevented by the fact that, except when themachine is in operation, the front edge of the passage for the stamps isclosed by said knife. Said knife is connected by a link 104 with the endof a lever 105 operated by a cam 106 upon the delivery shaft. As saidshaft rotates, the cam 10G rotates therewith to free said lever 105,which thereupon moves under the action of a flat spring 107 engaging arearward extension 108 of said knife. When said cam 106 is so moved fromsaid lever 105, said spring 107 moves the knife from in front of thepassage for the'stamps and allows a stamp to be advanced therethrough.As the delivery shaft completes its movement, thelcam 106 again engagesthe lever 105 and moves it rearwardly causing the knife to pass throughthe ribbon of stamps and sever the foremost stamp therefrom, which dropsinto the delivery chute.

It is necessary to open the passage way for, the line of stamps asquickly as possible upon commencing to operate the machine, so so as toallow a suflicient time for the movement of advance of said stamps.Consequently, the cam 106, which releases the lever andpermits the knifeto move from the front end of said passage must be comparas5 tivelyquick. It is also necessary to employ a spring 107 suiiiciently powerfulto positively insure the withdrawal of said knife, when released by saidcam. But such a s ring by its action upon such a cam, would, if nototherwise prevented, cause an almost instantaneous rotation of thedelivery shaft, from the position in which the cam began to leave thelever, to the position in which it finally left it. A rotation producedin this way would cause the holders to withdraw from the carrier,whereupon the coins, which are held between the carrier and holders,would drop from between them, thus removing an essential part of theoperative 10c connection between the operating and delivery shafts, andleaving the delivery shaft in the position to which it had beentheretofore moved, but with no means for further advancing the same. Toavoid such a result, I provide a brake for said delivery shaft,preventing a rotation of said shaft more rapid than that of theoperating shaft. This brake is formed by pressing the loose half bearingor box 111 for the end of the de- 11( livery shaft against said shaft bymeans of springs 112 coiled around screws 113 screwed into the fixedhalf box 114 therefor. On account of this pressure, when the cam 106arrives in the position at which it would be- 115 gin to allow the leverto move forward, said ever cannot, by pressure upon said cam, rotatesaid delivery shaft more rapidly than the operating shaft.

I claim 12c 1. In an apparatus of the character described, thecombination of a coin chute, two arresting means for individuallyarresting coins descending said chute, and means whereby said arrestingmeans may be withdrawn simultaneously, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a coinchute,t wo arresting means for individually arresting lat e; eases coinsdescending said chute, means for deflecting a coin on arriving at thebottom of the chute to cause it to be arrested by one of said arrestingmeans, and means whereby said arresting means may be withdrawnsimultaneously, substantia 1y as described.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of achute, a shaft,

scribed, the combination of an operating shaft, a delivery shaft in linetherewith, devices carried by the operating and delivery shafts arrangedto operatively connect said shafts by the inter osition of a pluralityof coins between said evices, and means whereby said connection isrendered inoperative by the interposition of less than said plurality,substantially as described.

5. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of anoperating shaft, a delivery shaft in line therewith, devices carried bythe operating and delivery shafts arranged to operatively connect saidshafts by the interposition of a plurality of coins between saiddevices, and a movable device carried by one of said shafts arran ed tomove relatively to said shaft by a sing e coin so interposed, but to beheld stationary relative'to said shaft by a plurality thereof,substantially as described.

6. In an apparatus of the characterdescribed, the combination of anoperating shaft, a member secured thereon having two guideways forcoins, a delivery shaft in line with the operating shaft, holdersthereon, one arranged opposite to each guideway, means for lnserting acoin in each guideway, said coin, upon the rotation of the operatingshaft, being arranged to engage the corresponding holder, and means forrotating t e operating shaft, substantially as describe 7. In anapparatus of the character described, the combination of an operatingshaft, a member secured thereon having two guideways for coins, a deliveshaft in line with the operating shaft, ho ders thereon, one arranged oposite to each guideway, each guideway eing formed with a li to retainthe coin between said holder an the carrier, means for inserting a coinin each guideway, said coin, upon the rotation of the operating shaft,being arranged to engage the corresponding holder, and means forrotating the operating shaft, substantially as described.

8.In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of anoperating shaft, a member secured thereon having two guideways forcoins, a delivery shaft in line with the operating shaft, holdersthereon, one arranged o posite to each guideway means whereby te'simultaneous rotation of both holders rotates the delivery shaft, therotation of single holder being inoperative to so rotate said shaft,means for inserting a coin in each guideway, said coin, upon therotation of the operating shaft, being arranged to engage thecorresponding holder, and means for rotating the operating shaft,substantially as described.

9. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a coinchute, individual means for arresting said coins, an operating shaft, acarrier thereon arranged to carry two coins, a hood, and means whereby,upon the operation of the operating shaft, said hood moves the coin fromthe arresting means to said carrier, substantially as described.

10. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of acoin chute, individual means for arresting said coins, an operatingshaft, a carrier thereon arranged to carry two coins, a hood, and meanswhereby, upon the operation of the operating shaft, said hood moves thecoin from the arresting means to said carrier, said hood being formedwith a curved top to support, during the movement of the hood, othercoins which have been deposited in said chute, substantially asdescribed.

11. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of acoin chute, individual means for arresting said coins, an operatingshaft, a carrier thereon arranged to carry two coins, a hood, and meanswhereby, upon the operation of the operating shaft, said hood moves thecoin from the arresting means to said carrier, said hood being formedwith a curved top to support, during the movement of the hood, othercoins which have been deposited in said chute, said top being formedwith a central depression, substantially as described.

12. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of anoperating shaft, a member secured thereon having two guideways forcoins, a deliver shaft in line with the operating shaft, ho dersthereon, one arranged opposite to each uideway, frictional means forholding sai holders upon said shaft in any position to which they havebeen moved, means for insertin a coin in each guideway, said coin, upont e rotation of the operating shaft, being arranged to engage thecorrespondm holder, and means for rotating the operatlng shaft,substantially as described.

ceases ingthe return of the reciprocating member before it has moved tothe end of its path in one direction, and means for automatic .allyreversing the direction of said drum,

when said reciprocating member is no longer operated, substantially asdescribed.

14. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of achute, a shaft,

means whereby said shaft is caused to operate by the interposition of acoin, and means for rotating said shaft, comprising a reciprocatingmember, a drum on the shaft, a chain around the drum but attached tosaid reciprocating member, whereby the movement of said reciprocatingmember in one direction rotates said drum, means for preventing thereturn of the'reciprocating member before it has moved to the end of itspath in one direction, means for Withdrawing said preventing'means whensaid member has arrived at the end of its path, and means forautomatically. reversing the direction of said drum, when saidreciprocating member is no longer operated, substantially as described.

15. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination ofindividual chutes for coins, shutters for said chutes, individual meansfor guiding coins to said chutes, and means actuated by the movement ofeach coin so guided for opening a. shutter other than that to which itIS guided, substantially as described.

l 6. In an ap aratus of the character described, the com mation ofindividual chutes for coins, shutters for said chutes, individual meansfor guiding coins to said chutes, means actuated by the movement of eachcoin so guided for opening a shutter other than that to which it isguided, and means actuated in the subsequent operation of the machinefor closing said shutters, substantially as described.

17. In an apparatus, of the character deto said coin box, shutters forsaid chutes,

each arranged, when in position to 'close the chutes, to discharge acoin into the receptacle, means for guiding coins toward said shutters,and means operated by the movement of each coin so guided for openingthe other shutter, substantially as described.

18. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of acoin box, a delivery receptacle, means for guiding coins, a passagetherefrom to the coin box, a second passage therefrom to the deliveryreceptacle, and means for controlling said passages, actuated by thepassage of two coins to permit the coins to pass to the coin box and toprevent them passing to the delivery receptacle, but inoperative by asingle coin to permit it to pass to the coin box, while permitting it topass to the receptacle, substantially as described.

19. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination ofguideways for coins, a coin box, a delivery receptacle, individualchutes leading to the coin box, a shutter for each chute, adapted, whenclosed, to. discharge the coins to the receptacle, means actuated by thepassage of coins on said guideways for opening said shutters, and meansfor closing said shutters, substantially as described.

20. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of anoperating shaft, a working shaft, a cam on said shaft, a lever releasedby said cam, a spring for actuating said lever, means for forming anoperative connection between said operating and Working shafts,comprising a carrier secured on the operating shaft and a holder on theworking shaft, said holder and carrier being adapted to be operated bythe interposition of a coin, and frictional means for preventing therapid rotation of the working shaft upon the withdrawal of said cam fromsaid lever, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing wltnesses.

CHARLES ELLIOT. Witnesses 2 WRIGHT, D. B. RICHARDS.

